The Terminator | First Time Watching | REACTION - LiteWeight Reacting
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- In this film reaction video I watch The Terminator for the first time! This action film, directed by James Cameron, is about a scary Cyborg and human soldier who are both sent to the past to change the future!
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James Cameron movie The Abyss
In T2 there will be tears!
The my turn guy Bill Paxton, FYI he has been killed by a Terminator, an Alien and a Predator. Alien Aliens (video game Alien Isolation is a must stealth horror game) Predator that series great crossover AVP (alien vs predator) worth your time as well.
Issues with eyes, watch The Crow. Starting Brandon Lee. Great movie
T2 is honestly THE Terminator movie, even though I like both.
A lot of reactors miss this but when Reese arrives in 1984 and is taking the homeless guy's pants, one of the officers says to the other "Is that the guy?", suggesting they had received reports about a naked man already in the area (Arnold). That's why they begin chasing him.
Oh right, they might even think he's the same guy that killed the punk rocker but was actually killed by the terminator.
Someone also pointed out that Reese keeps looking at the sky as he is used to seeing Aerial H-K's.
@@lewisner "H-K's" always reminds me on there is an arms manufacturer using the initials HK...
Holy shit I've seen this movie countless times and never heard that line. I always assumed that they thought they were interrupting a sexual assault, lol.
@@charlybravo1354 H&K makes good HK's.
Yes, in 1984 this movie kicked total ass. They didn't have a mega-blockbuster budget, but a ton of imagination and dedication went into it. Still holds up.
The production was so shoe-string that, IIRC, that scene where Arnold punches-out the car window to steal the vehicle was shot guerilla-style, ie without permits. The crew had to get the shot and vamoose, Ed Wood-style, before the cops responded to someone calling-in an apparently-real car theft.
It's still way ahead of it's time and hasn't really been replicated. Like, it's pretty much Halloween, but with guns. This is a full on horror/slasher with a action film sheen on it.
I think it goes to show that good story is the key ingredient to movies.
I thought so when I saw it back then, without knowing anything about it in advance. It was just a movie that happened to be showing that weekend.
OJ Simpson was originally one of the main cast members to play the Terminator. They originally wanted someone inconspicuous who could blend into a crowd, yet they thankfully ended up with Arnold Schwarzenegger. A giant, monstrous gargantuan. lol
"It would be so much scarier if it could reform itself".
Skynet: "Yes, It would."
Skynet: "hold my Beer"
Skynet: "Good idea" 😏
Don't. Just don't.
Skynet: "Your proposal is acceptable." :P
Skynet: "say no more fam!" lol
Why that line is so iconic: by this point in the movie, we expect him to break down the wall and murder the guy. Instead, it's a matter-of-fact (but chilly) "I'll be back" and he just walks out - but you already know it won't be that simple.
As an adult, John Conner set up his mother and his father on their first date. That is one awesome son.
His first interaction with Kyle would be kinda awkward.
"Sir it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Hey pops"
"What?"
"Nothing"
I mean its in a whole lot of self interest/preservation as well
He also sent his father back to die and his grandmother to be murdered.
John Conner essentially caused his own birth. But to be able to do that he had to be born before he was born.
Just like Marty McFly.
"I came across time for you, Sarah." My heart melts every time.
I know this is unorthodox but The Terminator is a love story!
It's aso a horror movie that scared the crap out of me when my grandfather showed it to me when I was a little kid. It's my favourite Terminator movie by far.
It's a very tragic love story, which is even sadder.
That's a great point. I think even Cameron said it a couple of times that, in it's essence, it is a love story.
it's got romance, horror, science fiction, a little comedy, an iguana, nudity.....and most of all James Cameron. he made it up and made it happen and showed the world immediately he knew what he was doing.
It’s a sci-fi movie, an action movie, a horror movie, a love story, and even a police procedural, all rolled into one.
Fun little detail, Kyle says he always wondered what she was thinking about in that picture he had. And she was thinking about him in that moment. Their love literally transcends time and space.
Not sure why people repeat that statement, but no... not at all, as at that point she didn't even had a clue that Kyle wast talking about that particular photo. It could have been some other ones. And the scene was few onths after that, considering the size of her pregnancy in the car. She was thinking about him? Really?
Partly - maybe.
But in overall, she was probably thinking about her own future, the future of her son, future of the whole planet, disaster that is probably comming and so on. At this point she already had a lot on her mind, not just thinking just about Kyle. She was already thinking about the "storm that is comming", and that is much more than just a Kyle. To think that she was tkinking about Kyle at this point, is taking away a lot from her. I think she was beyond that (Kyle was stil part of that, but it was not just him).
@@tannhauser5399she’s literally dictating her own thoughts and says out loud “in the few hours we had together, we loved a lifetime’s worth “ staring wistfully into the distance remembering him right when the kid takes her photo. She’s literally thinking of him in the photo. Which is exactly why it’s compelling and poignant writing to have Kyle comment on wondering what she was thinking about! Love that transcends time!
@@tannhauser5399 ?
@AShoutIntoTheVoid exactly. ❤
So you are the one (among many) who tries to be the first one with this comment before even watching the video. But if you watched the reaction you should've noticed that she realized that so this wasn't an additional detail to her.
Michael Biehn is SO underrated. He takes the story 100% seriously and sold it completely as Kyle Reese.
I love how there is barely any comic relief in T1.
While in T2 its every 5 minutes....
Same in Aliens and the abyss! He is a great Actor. Dont understand He didnt became a big star.
that's what makes the original so much superior to t2. both kyle reese and sarah are so much more believable and bring the story to life.
t2 is so highly overrated and i've never understood why. is it the same as in video games? better visuals but worse everything else = better?
t2 is hugely overrated and i never understood why. and sssuming these people are all really seeing these movies for the first time, you can guarantee they'll agree with the majoroty and say 2 is better. they already have it programmed into their minds that t2 is better in every way, so they've basically already decided 2 is better before even seeing it.
or it's the same as video games and people think these flashy but boring games are far superior just because they have better visuals.
kingdom hearts 3 for example, it has improved visuals but everything else is worse by far, yet half of the people who played it somehow think kh3 is the best by far. no idea how that's possible unless all they care about are visuals.
@@Jack_80 Back in the early 90s T2 was THE absolute sh*t! It had revolutionary effects, it had a switcharoo-plotline, it had action up the wazoo.
As a first time explosive theatrical experience, it was, for lack of another way to put it, "better" than its predecessor...
The effects has also made it one of three unforgettable cinematic experiences for me.
BUT while the appeal of all the flash and bang of T2 has dimished quite a bit in the past 30 years, the bleak and gritty original has just stayed the same. It has a longevity that T2 just never will have, and in the long run it is absolutely the better if the two.
When the landlord asked Arnie if he had a dead cat in his room it's because the Terminator's skin was decomposing right on his body! So he was starting to smell like a corpse! 🤢
And his “fuck you, asshole” response is taken from Bill Paxton earlier in the film. He learns human behavior like a machine would.
That movie is 40 years old, and every time someone watches it for the first time and the movie is over they go like "Dude... That was so fng good!".
Now show her Terminator SALVATION so she can feel utter indifference and apathy!
they don't make them like this anymore
@@MikeG82 Alas.
James Cameron basically outdid himself with his first two movies.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 He also shits all over it these days. How the mighty have fallen.
1984. Less than half the country had a 9-1-1 system in place. There were very significant costs, and hired 9-1-1 local coordinators had to create house numbers and street names for all rural locations that previous were identified by postal route and box numbers. Even private roads had to named and block numbers assigned. Each location had to be confirmed and mapped before the system's main benefit could be realized. As a deputy sheriff, I carried a printed reference created by USPS with directions to all route/box locations. And if the caller didn't live where they called from, they would not know the postal route/box, and it was a struggle to work out where they are, if they even had any idea.
Hey nice piece of history there!
Los Angeles did not yet have 911 when this was written and filmed.
@@MotoNomad350Although it did debut in L.A. by the time the film was released.
@@redpillfreedom6692 yep, same month.
Great info, thanks! To add-on to the "you needed a quarter to dial 911?" question; in the early Cold War, the UK put some thought into how the Prime Minister could be available at a moment's notice to authorize a launch of Britain's nuclear weapons in case the USSR hit the big red button and attempted to destroy said missiles before they could get off the ground (IIRC, the flight time for the Soviet warheads likely to be tasked with striking Britain was about 8 minutes, so there was not a lot of leeway if a response was to be initiated before everything was radioactive glass). It was decided it would be official policy that the PM's driver must carry, at all times, 3 dimes, with which the PM could use a roadside pay-booth to call-in the "end humanity" order in case nuclear war arrived whilst the Prime was in transit.
So it's entirely possible the Soviets might have achieved a first-strike on the UK because the driver borrowed some change to get a soda one warm afternoon. Nuclear war is real weird shit.
Immediately after he utters the words "I'll be back" he drives a car through the window of the building and then proceeds to murder 20+ police officers.
How is that Anticlimactic? LOL!
I'll be back is probably the most iconic line in film history and that's most because he proceeds to shoot up 17 police officers
I laughed there as well.
It is if you expect it to be the final line in a movie, but: "You're terminated, f**ker!" spat by Sarah Connor with so much newfound venom, and that harrowing synth-score by Brad Fiedel framing it with ice cold doom is easily the greatest line in the whole film!
@@Cyborganna Come with me if you wanna live is a great line too
It's cuz she wasn't patient and was mid-rant when the payoff happened, so she probs didnt register. Human brains are weird like that.
People often miss the role of the dogs. When the Terminator kills the first Sarah, you hear the dog barking in the background. In the flashback scenes, you see the dogs being used to detect infiltration units. Later at the hotel, the dog is friendly with Kyle when Kyle pets him, but you later hear it barking when the Terminator arrives. You also see Kyle respond to the dog barking. Finally, at end of the film Sarah has a dog with her in the Jeep. I’m sure she kept a dog in her presence always, since she couldn’t know if another Terminator would be sent in her future. The dog’s roles were subtle, but I think it was a nice touch of movie craft to include their role in this film.
I still quote this movie 40 years later. Whenever I see someone wearing a bizarre outfit, I say "wash day tomorrow. Nothing clean, right?"
This movie came out when I was in middle school, and someone brought it in for me on VHS. Epic movie.
I first watched this when I was in elementary school as my friend borrowed me his VHS, which was a copy of a copy, so the picture was quite terrible. I remember squinting my eyes trying to see what was happening during dark scenes, and as so much of it happens during night-time, I must have missed like half of the movie. 😁
You realize that the Terminator is not Canadian because he repeats every word the punks say except the word "Eh?".
Also he does not apologize.
40 years later, what are you talking about... oh, oh, oh, no...
@@mudageki what are you talking about
When I watch the original Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie, she says the line "Nice night for a walk" in one scene, and I respond with "Wash day tomorrow, nothing clean, right?" 😆
13:00 "Gotcha! You are talking to a machine. But machines need love too" - the text of the answering machine... One of those creepy Easter Eggs.
"There's something unsettling about that"
It might have been the lack of eyebrows lost in the car explosion earlier.
Yes, but also his performance.
Did you know that Arnold came up with that line "I'll be back" himself? The original line was "I'll come back".
As a Gen-X, watching Gen-Z react to movies of my childhood is quite jarring. "It's anti-climactic" because you were already hyped up about this phrase. We had no internet and no memes. To us, he just said "I'll be back", which sounded just like any other, normal, human visitor. A very normal phrase.
And then he immediately followed it up with something that only a Terminator would do, showing the contrast between a normal human and a terrifying killing machine, by ramming a car into the police department. He used a normal human phrase, part of his "blending with humans" routine, and then decidedly UN-BLENDED. At the time, the contrast was surprising, inventive, epic, and funny.
We haven't seen this before. In fact, the whole idea of killer cyborgs has never been executed and fleshed out (ahem) like this before. Terminator was a very inventive, fresh, cool film. Much of the media you consume today was inspired by it in some way or another, so to new viewers in 21st century Terminator is no longer the genius, inventive piece of filmmaking it really was.
True but that's just part of becoming "iconic" - a catchphrase is never a catchphrase in the moment, iconic lines and images only become so later (this, incidentally, is one reason the label "instant classic" is a pet peeve of mine).
(and we maybe hadn't had _cyborg's_ fleshed out - :) - to this extent but we'd had killer androids, killer robots, killer AI etc. _many_ times by this point. There's a reasonably straight line from e.g. "Colossus: The Forbin Project" through "Westworld" and "Blade Runner" to "The Terminator" and that's just in movies, in sci-fi _novels_ it was _decades_ old by '84)
even funnier when they say early CGI was cool
first human looking robot is a woman in episode of 1959 twilight zone. maybe someone will find earlier
The first and second Terminator movies are the only ones worth watching.
"Come on Sarah, smooch him and run, every man for himself"
Classy, Lite, very classy xDD
"There's something really unsettling about that"
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Yeah, 'cos the eyebrows were burnt off in the fire.
and they put a thick crude (old 1984 film) flesh tone makeup on his brows to hide them which makes him look neanderthal a little
I watched this film in theater in 1994, when censorship on imported American films was melting in post-Soviet "USSR territory". Since there's no Russian word for "Terminator", it was translated as "Cyborg-Killer". Unlike the tape bootleg, the theater version was professionally dubbed with multiple voice actors. One moment I remember clearly, is when the severed endoskeleton comes to life and starts crawling, the entire audience gasped, in a sort of "holy shit" or "dios mio" moment.
There was no Internet, spoilers weren't widespread. People actually went to the theater knowing nothing. It was mind-blowing, even more so in less developed countries than America, as Soviet and post-Soviet cinema at the time had a long way to go to catch up to USA.
There's a great documentary that tells how one person helped Eastern Europe gain access to Western movies and bypassed Soviet censorship. It's called "Chuck Norris vs. Communism," I recommend it.
"He's about my height... he has your eyes." Probably one of my favorite subtle foreshadowings in a film. Kyle is telling her, without telling her.
40:09 This is the last shot of the Terminator in the film. They had no money left. The budget was gone. It is literally two pieces of form core (for the top and bottom of the press), a piece of aluminum foil that has been hastily formed into the eye and skull, a christmas tree light on a dial, and cigarette smoke from off camera. Literally someone is standing just off camera puffing smoke.
Everybody loves Terminator 2, and what's not to love? But true be told the first film, from its tone to its music to the behind the scene pain and suffering to get it made just inspires me so much more as an artist. I love Michael Biehn as Kyle, Linda Hamilton as Sarah, going from a meek and mild-mannered waitress to a tough-as-nails survivor... and Arnie as The Terminator, never played the machine better in my view. From his "Eyes tracking like a securiy camera" to the way he held his body and face... I just love it all.
In T2 director's cut we have a little more of Kyle with Sarah.
17:43 Arnold described this unnatural head movement as a combination of a shark's head moving back and forth looking for its prey, and a security camera panning back and forth-
It's odd looking because his eyes move first, and then his head follows in the same direction a couple of seconds later.
Not to mention that he had shaved off his eyebrows to make it seem that they burned off in the fire.
I believe Nosferatu famously did that first
Cyberdyne hadn't worked out all the kinks yet.
Yeah, Arnold was the one who came up with that. It’s so creepy, even if you couldn’t quite place exactly what it was.
23:36
"That Was Not The Line"
That was indeed The Line
Kyle casually saved that one cop's life by knocking him out.
It amazes that all those cops that got shot up didn't ever learn of the phrase "duck for cover."
@@bmw128racerFair to say. But when you think you have the perp dead to rights in your gun sight, not to mention even firing multiple rounds into him, the last thing tou expect is for him to not only be unphased by the hits, but to spin around and shoot back.
Also, a couple officers did duck for cover. They didn't expect the Terminator to shoot through walls.
Assuming the terminator didn't just kill him anyway.
@@bmw128racer Yeah it was kind of stupid that they kept attacking out in the open when it became apparent that this dude was inhumanly strong/armored/immortal. Also Reese had informed the Lieutenant Traxler and Vukovich of the Terminator's existence, even if they didn't believe him at first.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Why would they believe Kyle. In their minds Kyle was off his nut. Their training and experience told them this was a dude with armor and as on drugs. That's why they brought out the heavier weapons. They were still working in the here and now. I don't even think they had time to process that this was the same guy Kyle told them about. And they certainly did not know the Terminator's level of resilience to their weapons.... Until it was too late.
And it is not like all the cops had time to communicate and coordinate with one another. Some were still wondering if it was a terrorist attack. Didn't know who was doing the shooting. Or how many there were.
So I think the level of casualties is believable.
That moment when you realize he fell in love with her looking at her picture and said "you looked kinda sad. I always wondered what you were thinking about" and she was thinking about him. This movie was soooooo well written.
“Dude, why did that look like my mom?” That makes YOU the hope and saviour of mankind! RUN! HIDE!!! Very well done with your analysis. Watch the next one and be blown away. You will be so proud of yourself.
Well, hold on - does she have a brother named John?
She does have a brother named John. 😮
Oh god CRINGE
@@GeorgeTropicana dude don’t take things so seriously. They’re having fun. Let people have fun.
LOL what "analysis??" Is this comment a complete joke?
I forgot how perfect the final lines are. "He says there's a storm coming." "I know."
My favourite part, and a sad fact, is when Kyle said that he always wondered what Sarah was thinking at that moment in the picture. And she was thinking in Kyle during that tape record. Lovers across time....
Yooo right, Never picked up on that.
Yeah, great moment.
yes, she said that in the reaction video we just watched.
Just like you and that dude you met on your vacay in Costa Rica!
You were waiting for the "I'll be back" line as a signature line, but it's a set up line. He says this line nonchalantly and then proceeds to drive his car through the front of the building. It's only iconic because of how he came back.
The T-800 knows how to make a re-entrance.
1984 was near the end of the 8-bit era of computing; the 16-bit Mac and IBM PC had just come out. I was working in the industry at that time, and I had to laugh the first time I saw the Terminator's view of the world in that dark alley: He was reading assembly code for the 6502 microprocessor, and I quickly recognized it as it flashed by. I'm sure the people sitting around me didn't appreciate my laughter during that suspenseful scene.
Don't forget the Commodore Amiga computer line. That pioneered a lot of technology that would be adopted a decade later by both Apple/Mac and IBM and her clones.
@@IggyStardust1967 The Amiga appeared on the market the following year, in 1985. And yes, it was a terrific computer. Joe Straczynski and his production team used later models of it for the CGI early in the run of Babylon 5.
Babylon 5 was another great series, highly recommended.
@@paulsander5433 I used several Amiga models myself, and loved that computer. It's just when I see 80s computers referenced, and that gets left out... I have to mention it. Especially because of the technology that was "adapted" from it.
Young people these days don't know that they even existed, so just a mention might get some of them to look into it.
z-80
"I forget some people can't read binary".
Arnold was not just STACKED, he made the documentary PUMPING Iron, where he explained how he had EVEN more muscles, when he was EVEN younger. he was known as "Mr Universe" for having so much strength
No actually because he won the Mr Universe muscle competition.
So, this "I'll be back" is so iconic because it's the first time Arnold says it. I believe he said it in every movie since, Terminator or not. He apparently had a disagreement with James Cameron over whether a robot would actually say the contraction ... He thought "I will be back" would have been better but Cameron insisted, and now it's his signature.
... Oh, and be sure to watch Terminator 2 .... you can skip the rest, but T2 is one of those sequels that stands toe to toe with the original, and they really work as one story.
I remember that in one of "The Expendables" movies he says "I'll be back", and Bruce Willis' character counteracts him and tells him to stay, so Arnold says "Yippee Ki‐Yay"🙂
The Police would still hold Kyle for participating in a gun fight in Tech-Noir where people were shot possibly killed. He might know the person he was in the shoot out with and he seems conected to the Sarah Connors killings. So he'd be detained.
26:33
Time travel is only theoretical (of course) so it doesn’t really pay to hurt your brain by overthinking things. It is what it is, which is to say AWESOME!!!
Wait til T2!!! Next level!!!
31:20 the only time Reese smiled in the whole movie
The best part about this is that it means T2 will come soon 🤘
😄👍
t2 is highty overrated, and doesn't compare to the original. the much more serious, horror tone of 1 is so much better than the action comedy nonsense of 2. seeing john become bffs with it in 2 is pretty cringe.
@@Jack_80 LOL whatever bro. Go back to watching your dark and emo stuff.
@@Jack_80they compare evenly, IMO. Both have things that are better than the other. Nothing that came after even comes close.
"I wouldn't worry about HIM."
You absolutely must watch the second one. It is just as good and better and brings more of the story to life. You said you thought that you wouldn't get the Time stuff but you've hit all the nails on the head perfectly with the time loop and the picture of Sarah. Spot on. Loved your reaction.
T2 will be posted next week 😊 Glad you enjoyed this reaction!!
@@LiteWeightReacting Now that you've seen it, I HIGHLY recommend you play the Terminator: Resistance videogame that released a couple years ago. The entire game is a narrative prequel to the movies which takes place in the Future War prior to Reese coming back in time.
Arnold didn't "zappy zap" the car, he just hot wired it. The subtitles said the words for the noise lol 😆
The scientific term is definitely "zappy zap"
It looks like he just broke off the housing for the steering column, allowing him to bypass the lock.
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Absolute Classic, T2 is even better get excited!
Already recorded the T2! It’s being edited now!
@@LiteWeightReactingso you know just how bang on you were with your predictions then 😉
One reason why this movie holds up today for me is how realistic the concept of this terminator is. Aside from some things like the living tissue, this is very close to what an actual killer robot can look like with voice modulation, advancements in self learning etc.
And besides that it was just great science fiction.
T2 is one of the best sequels ever. You'll love it and it's very action packed.
Just watched and recorded it! Editing it now!
@@LiteWeightReacting eeee! Woot!
@@LiteWeightReactingYou have been reacting to some of the best movies so far… how do you select which movie to watch? By their ratings?
@@LiteWeightReacting Great decision! But let's pretend the franchise ends after T2, and yes: that is also a recommendation ;)
@@LiteWeightReacting fine, I'll get your patreon
Lol he doesn't have zappy fingers, he just accessed the internal ignition mechanism of the car
Another ironic line: Come with me if you want to live
Ironic? Do you mean iconic?
@@peterwilkins7013 sorry, typo!
There's a deleted scene where it's shown that two factory managers discovered the pieces of the Terminator, they decide to keep it hush hush from the police, and just before Sarah is put into the ambulance, it's revealed that the factory they've been chased in is owned by none other than Cyberdyne Systems, the company that would go on to build Skynet for SAC-NORAD. So, yes. Skynet, in an attempt to destroy John Connor, accidentally created itself and its enemy my building that time machine in the first place. This is known as a Causality Loop or Bootstrap Paradox. The Time Traveler's actions caused the previous events to happen in the first place. And despite this scene being deleted, Cameron clearly didn't forget about it, because it's the setup for the sequel.
I'll be Back. Best Iconic line Ever.
you been back enough 😂
Remember that special effects limitations aren't just due to the movie's age, but also to the fact that it was relatively low budget.
This is a classic. And the score is so incredibly well composed. A perfect mixture of tension and melancholic optimism. And it leads to one of cinemas greatest sequels.
Brad Fiedel ❤
Wen I was a kid, we used to drive from New Jersey to Kansas to visit my grandparents in the summer, stopping at roadside motels. Color TV and A/C, even black and white V, were not givens.
These effects were state of the art at the time.
The Terminator was a literal fever dream for James Cameron. He was working on another film in Rome when he got sick. He was sleeping it off and had some horrifying nightmares and when he woke up he did sketches of what he remembered.
The first sketch was of a robot with the waist cut off crawling across a tile floor using a kitchen knife while reaching forward. The second sketch was the robot threatening a crawling woman.
It really is nightmare material - I remember being quite young and having terrible dreams about the metal skeleton terminators 😂
@@yaseen157 When I was a kid I travelled to the US and went to the universal show with the 3D glasses and the physical robots. I wanted one of those high quality metal Souvenirs at the exit. Unfortunately they were a little too expensive for us at the time and I couldn't afford one. Long story short the terminator design was always something special for me. That design is just very iconic, memorable.
The line, “I’ll be back”, was not anticlimactic unless you knew about the line and had certain expectations surrounding it, which you did. See, “I’ll be back” is a very typical response to a typical action before leaving a location. All things that the Terminator does. But it’s a very atypical response that you come back by driving a vehicle through the front of a building, killing someone in the process. That’s the punchline.
So the problem is your EXPECTATIONS/PERCEPTION for the line/scene and not the ACTUAL line/scene if they hadn’t been aware of it in advance.
Yes Everything You said was true.I like the 1st Terminator film the most.It is the most ominous one.
The best part for me is all those years kyle looked at that pucture wondering what she was thinking. And it was about him.
for extra weeps, when the picture the kid took of sarah at the end. the one kyle later lost, she's thinking of kyle.
I always told my little dog Leo "i'll be back" in Arnie's voice when i'd leave the house. He looked exactly like the little dog that barks at Arnie when he goes to kill the first Sarah.
Reese: I came back in time time be your baby daddy.
The creepy eye movement - where the Terminator moves his eyes first and his head follows - was something Arnold came up with.
People watching this in 2029 and say
-"Its nothing like this outside"
I say to them
-"Take a closer look! "
Classic movie. When this movie arrives on DVD, it was the first movie i brought back then and still have it. I can watch this movie over and over and never get tired of this movie.
13:10 - "Dude, why did that look like my mom?"
T-800: "... So, you're John Conner?" 💥💥🔫 Pew, pew! 🤣
"Is he supposed to live with her forever and keep her alive until 2029?" He will be by her side for the rest of his life keeping her alive.
Random fun fact: the scene near the beginning where Arnold punched out that car window to steal the car...it was an actual car window (no breakaway stunt glass) and he actually just went up and did it. They didn't even have any permits to do any of it, so they just got a car, told him to punch the window, filmed it guerrilla style, and ran off.
Apparently James Cameron has actors he likes to work with: Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henrikson, and Jennette Goldstein. They all starred in a Terminator movie and Aliens.
13:12 - If your maiden name is Hamilton, it may be.
9:52 Rick Rossovich Slider Top Gun 1986
⚠️ Director James Cameron intended for the Terminator Saga to END with Terminator 2. The greedy film studios created a bunch of inferior sequels without James Cameron that RUIN everything that Sarah accomplished in Terminator 2.
I’m not going to lie but I still like T3 but after that yeah I stopped watching it.
The only good thing that has come out was the terminator resistance game
LiteWeight: "I'd want to talk about people who saw this movie at it's prime."
You fool! This movie has NEVER left its prime!!!!!
Y'all kids are spoiled with these 4k, 120hz upscaled versions, try watching this for the first time on vhs and an old 32hz tube tv.
Funny how we're so close to the 'future' from this movie. I remember on August 29, 1997 when many of the radio stations were commenting how 'today' was judgment day. The movies were so iconic that it was amazing to mark judgement day in real life.
Take me to dinner first! ha ha that was goooood!
"Smooch him & run. Every man for himself" lolol
I Love Watching The Terminator😊❤
Same!!! Loved this 😊
8:19 the method both Arnold and Michael used to start the cars is called hotwiring, bypassing the keyswitch and contacting the wires for the ignition.
"you always looked a little sad. I wondered what you were thinking in that moment."
She was thinking about him. Always gets me
You younger generation! We thought saying, “I’ll be back,” and then driving a car into the damn building was awesome.
This movie works on many levels. It’s a horror, sci-fi, action, and romance film all rolled up into one. The idea of an unstoppable killing machine that can’t be bargained with or reasoned with, that doesn’t feel pity, remorse, fear, or pain, and never stops until it has eliminated the individual it has been programmed to terminate is really terrifying. I can see why The Terminator scared a lot of people back in the 1980s, and still does today given our advancements in technology and the rise of artificial intelligence.
Believe it or not, Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson were considered for the role of the Terminator, but both turned it down. There was even consideration at one point for O.J. Simpson to play the Terminator. Orion Pictures wanted Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film thanks to his fame portraying the lead in Conan The Barbarian (1982). Ironically, Schwarzenegger was originally considered to play Kyle Reese, but James Cameron didn’t think he was right for the role. So instead, Arnold was cast as the Terminator, which suited him much better given his massive muscular build.
The actor playing Kyle Reese is Michael Biehn. He played the role of Dwayne Hicks in Aliens. He was also in The Abyss (1989), Navy SEALs (1990), Tombstone (1993), The Rock (1996), and Planet Terror (2007). The man will always hold a special place in our hearts for his part in Terminator and Aliens. Biehn impressed everyone with his audition as Reese. Most of the other actors who auditioned for the role tried portraying the character as tough and macho, while Biehn had more of a vulnerability about him and came across as more human in a way that connected with audiences. He did an amazing job portraying soldier traumatized by his experiences in a future post-apocalyptic war. It makes sense why he’s so skinny since I can’t imagine food being good or plentiful where he comes from. He also had great chemistry with Linda Hamilton who did an amazing job as Sarah Conner, who goes from an average young woman living a normal life, to a legendary badass.
I believe the police officers at the beginning were chasing Reese because they were on the lookout for a naked man seen in the area (Schwarzenegger). Even though Reese protected Sarah, he did brake several laws, such as fleeing the police, assaulting a police officer, stealing firearms, and car theft. From their point of view, they probably think he’s crazy and dangerous.
The Terminator didn’t use any “Zappy Zap” abilities, he just hot-wired the car. It looks like he just ripped off the steering column and lock in order to get to the ignition switch. Kyle still had the lighter he used to light the bomb (37:32).
It’s amazing that a lot of people at the time thought that this would be a crappy B-Movie. It had a relatively low budget of $6.4 Million at the time, but it ended up defying all expectation. The Terminator became an iconic film that would spawn one of the greatest sequels ever made.
yessss good choice of film. breaking out the popcorn now with ya!
i shall edit this comment when ive finished watching! :D
oh just a warning, TERMINATOR 2... will make you cry.
EDIT: great video, cannot wait for you to see the next terminator. its one of the best sequels you'll ever see in a franchise (next to alien / aliens)
I watched this in it's prime. I was child and it's one of the first movies I remember. It scared the crap out of me and I loved it. I watched it repeatedly on VHS more times than I can count
During an interview, James Cameron said that he got the idea from two Outer Limits episodes, "Demon with a Glass Hand", and "Soldier". Harlan Ellison whom wrote both episodes found out and sued him for copywrite and won. What is why there is that "Acknowledging the works of Harlan Ellison" on the start of the credits.
Harlan was a copyright troll. He sued over everything that even remotely resembled his work. Terminator bares very little resemblance to those works, but he sued. The studio settled without Cameron’s consent.
Ellison and Cameron… two immense talents who are/were giant egomaniacs.
It’s fine that he got paid, but it’s not as cut and dried as it seems at first glance.
I think Terminator was Cameron’s idea for the most part. Harlan appears to have been paranoid with the copyright law.
About the famous "I'll be back" line... I have always thought that that line became so famous because of the expression on the face of the cop at the desk (the desk sergeant??) when Arnold drives through the wall and kills him a few seconds later. Just his look of total surprise. Maybe he should have LISTENED when Arnold TOLD him that he'd be back! He said he'd be back, and sure enough, he came back! In short order! With bleeploads of guns and ammo! See, he really should have listened to Arnold.
10:31 Hey it's Admiral Hackett.
Holy shit, how did I never make that connection! 😮
@@nikolaikai940 Lance Henriksen's had a long career.
@@Xehanort10 I've seen a bunch of his movies but despite playing through Mass Effect three times I somehow never noticed he was in that one, too.
The deleted scenes are absolutely a must. Both in the 1st and the 2nd Terminator.
Only the first two terminator movies are worth watching.
Let her make her own decisions
i personally liked the third and fourth movies myself ... i think most terminator fans are the worse .. you hate most of your own franchise. sure 3 and salvation were not as good as t1 and 2 but they were not bad movies on their own merits. they were good movies.. they just weren't as good or ground breaks as T1 and T2. now the genysis and dark fate "re-do's both sucked ass and balls. sequels should not try to undo what came before them.
@@Sowde38Hi there,
It’s funny that you are criticising me for sharing my opinion/pushing my view but then you are doing the exact same thing: sharing your opinion and pushing your view.
Yeah, but T4 and T5 are cool. T3 and T6 are horrible.
Yeah but the other sequels suck so bad you see exactly why the first 2 are actually good
Practical effects almost always beat out CGI-At its best CGI is used as an enhancement to practical effects.
Almost in the first scene with the three guys, the blue haired is Bill Paxton, a very well known actor who appeared in Titanic, Aliens or Twister, among another ones.
The guy with the Blonde hair is Brian Thompson. He played the "Alien Bounty Hunter" in "The X-Files, was the Vampire "Luke" in the S1 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, (and "the Judge"), etc.
Don’t forget Weird Science. I still love the way he delivered Chet’s lines - “You’re stewed, buttwad”. “He pukes…you die.” 😂
also Bill Paxton is the only guy who played in Terminator, Predator and Alien movies
@@rav6683And got killed by them.
"The Terminator" and "Alien" were both stand alone films when they were released, there was no thought of any sequels. It was around 7 years after each film before a sequel came out which is why "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" and "Aliens" are such good films.
A few of the first Terminator's special effects are noticeably dated, but T2 on the other hand.... really shows what a difference 7 years made. Still holds up today.
7 years and a lot of cash. They basically mixed money and computer geniuses in a pressure cooker until CGI popped out. Cameron isn’t great at romance or villains that aren’t robots, but his creative vision has birthed a lot of filmmaking advances over the last 40 years.
Dated, but I still love the first Terminator a bit more than T2. T1 is darker and gritter, which I love.
This girl has got a brain, and good intuition. Respect.
The second movie is even better. crazy as that my sound.
What I love about this reaction channel is that you are so insightful and you catch so much in comparison to other reactor.
I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I prefer this movie to T2. Not knocking T2, it’s probably one of the best action films ever made, but this is the best Sci-Fi film ever made IMHO. And it’s like the sequel switched genres. Which isn’t a bad thing, but I prefer this film. The twist ending, when she gets her photo taken and you realize it’s the photo Kyle had from the future. She was thinking of him. The terror, the ominous vibe. The atmosphere and tone in this film made me feel sick, scared, a weird pit in the middle of my gut. The second film is fun, exciting, edge of your seat, explosions, car chased etc.
That's because this movie was supposedly to be horror not action (for some reason Cameron has trouble making horror movies) but for the sequel just like with aliens he leaned into action. I honestly think that's why both franchises went downhill after the first two. Hollywood forgot they were horror franchises and thought they were action franchises.
@@markcarpenter6020I'd make the argument that Alien 3 and T3 both leaned back into the horror route of their respective first movies, they just didn't get the craftsmanship they needed to be as equally loved. Everyone wanted their happy endings from Aliens and T2 preserved, but in Aliens' case there is no room for happy endings, and in Terminator's case the happy ending is surviving Judgement Day and winning the war.
@@HyraxusPrimus alien 3 had too much studio meddling and Terminator 3 had the worst director possible. In interviews he stated flat out that he thought the Terminator franchise were "silly kids movies" and that's how he directed it. Way too much comedy, cartoony action and a badly under used villain that he admitted was a joke to him. A glorified sex bot for basement dwellers. The plot was decent (I love the ending which took balls) but the script needed work and they desperately needed a different director.
@@markcarpenter6020 Yes, I'm aware of what went on behind the scenes and already acknowledged they were nowhere near as well made as they should've been, but at some basic level it worked. Yes, Terminator 3 had moments of silliness awkward humor, but it also played out more like the first movie. The TX is actively hunting and killing its targets in ruthless and gory ways (and arguably in more efficient ways than other models; it doesn't really throw anyone besides the T-850 himself), it has moments of "slasher-ness" (e.g. suddenly appearing in frame when Kate bends down to get her dropped keys) that matches closer to what the first movie was with the T-800, and Judgement Day is a foreboding inevitability that they need to run away from that ends up not being able to be stopped. The T-850 isn't even all that heroic, as it's established he kills John in the future and isn't programmed to follow his orders, so he has to be dragged to obeying his destiny and his survival not unlike Sarah was initially by Reese.
I just think there's some redeeming value in there. I'm not really arguing for the silliness they injected into it, but I am arguing against the idea that it betrayed the themes of the first 2 movies about "No Fate" that I see quite a lot of (because really, T2 betrayed T1 first in that regard).
@@HyraxusPrimus I'm not disagreeing. The story has good bones. I'm just lamenting what could have been with a better director who actually respected the franchise. As someone who has read the novels the T-X is one of the most fascinating terminators. It was the first model designed to have emotions from the start. Which in the novels actually leads to one joining the resistance. Not because it was reprogrammed but because it wanted to after it fell in love with a human.
43:54 Very astute. Yes, it is a form of self-fulfilling time loop; a predestination paradox. However, each attempt to stop "Judgement Day", as it is referred to in the Terminator franchise, alters the timeline. That is why they keep making sequels.
Why do you continue to ask questions about a movie that neither of us have either seen? Though these are just so-called clips, you might just want to ease of some of the questions and listen and hear and see what the actresses and actors are saying and doing and we all may enjoy the flick a little more. Regardless, have a Blessed Day. Adios.
The "I'll be back!" line became iconic not because of this movie (though the line was great), it became iconic because Arnold repeats it in every movie he made following this movie.
What really makes this film even more amazing is that it was produced on a budget of only 6.4M (20M today), which is like an Indie budget.
Oh... there are only TWO Terminator movies.
Great that you know Stargate SG-1 as you mentioned the Replicators! Great show! 😄
'Lucky they can't knit themselves back together' - foreshadowing!